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Where does “sinder” come from?

sinder (Middle English) comes from Old English sinder, from Proto-Germanic *sindr, from Proto-Germanic sindrą, from Proto-Indo-European sendʰro- — coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder;...

Ancestry of “sinder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsindercinder, ashes; dross, scoria, slag
2Proto-Germanic*sindr—
3Proto-Germanicsindrądross, cinder, slag
4Proto-Indo-Europeansendʰro-coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder;...

Words derived from “sinder”

  • Cindy
  • Cinderella
  • cinder
  • Cyndi
  • Cindi
  • cinderblock
  • cindery
  • cinderlike
  • encindered
  • Cinderellaesque
  • Sindija
  • 신데렐라
  • Cindy
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